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Thursday, October 26, 2017

A Simple Wish by Charlotte Hubbard Blog Tour and Giveaway!

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Making
rugs for the Simple Gifts store has taught Loretta Riehl that an unassuming
pattern can reveal surprising depth. People, too, have a way of defying first
impressions. Drew Detweiler came to Willow Ridge under a cloud, but the
handsome craftsman has gained the community's respect for his upholstery
skills and commitment to making amends for his mistakes. As her new
brother-in-law's twin, he's joining the family for dinners and Sunday visits,
and Loretta can't deny enjoying his attentions.

If only
her dat were willing to let a little joy into his life. Cornelius Riehl
grows sterner with each day, and Drew suspects there's more to his moods than
missing Loretta's late mamm. Hoping to fulfill Loretta's wish to live in a
peaceful, happy home again, Drew sets out to learn the truth. It's a
journey that will bring to light painful realities—but also the chance to forge
a new, honest, and loving future together...

Grinning, Drew dropped down from the buggy. As he clasped
Loretta’s hand and escorted her to the other side of his open vehicle, she
wondered if he was leading her down a path riskier than Will’s and far more
dangerous. A path more daring . . . and passionate. When Drew placed his hands
on either side of her waist, he paused before lifting her up.

Loretta’s heart went wild. Drew’s sapphire eyes held secrets
and intentions she couldn’t decipher, and he brought to mind a fox in the
henhouse cornering his tasty prey. Effortlessly he lifted her into his buggy
and then hopped in on the other side. “Hope I wasn’t interrupting anything
important,” he said as he took up the lines. “If I’m not mistaken, Gingerich
looked like a man come courting.”

Feeling downright wicked—yet too flummoxed to look over at
Will on the porch—Loretta let out the breath she’d been holding. “You saved me
from a really embarrassing scene,” she murmured as the buggy lurched into
motion. “Once upon a time I loved Will with all my heart, but after Dat broke
us up and he latched onto Molly so fast—well, I had second thoughts about his .
. . sincerity. His true feelings for me. And now, well—”

Loretta faltered. The man beside her had lied to Molly about
who he was when he’d gotten her in the family way, before poor deluded Will had
married her. Everyone in town had officially forgiven Drew for deceiving Molly,
and also for drugging his brother Asa with sleeping pills before he’d tried to
marry Edith, but Drew was still a mysterious newcomer who played his cards
close to his vest.

If Dat saw whom you were riding off with, he’d be even more
upset than when he made you break up with Will.

It was true, yet Loretta didn’t regret what she was doing.
For the first in a long time, she felt breathlessly alive.

Charlotte Hubbard is the acclaimed author of
Amish romance and fiction that evokes simpler times and draws upon her
experiences in Jamesport, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the
Mississippi. Faith and family, farming, and food preservation are hallmarks of
her lifestyle—and the foundation of all her novels. A deacon, dedicated church
musician and choir member, she loves to travel, read, try new recipes, and
crochet. A longtime Missourian, Charlotte now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota,
with her husband and their border collie, Vera.

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